French Women Don't Get Fat
by Mireille Guiliano
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Book Reviews of French Women Don't Get Fat
Book Review: French Women Don't Get Fat had a great impact on my thinking.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book had a great impact on my thinking about food preparation, menus and the size of servings. The main ideas in this book that I focus on are these: use produce that is in season because it has more flavor, eat smaller portions, eat lots of vegetables, pay attention to your food as you eat (don't watch TV or read while eating), nothing is off limits but eat in moderation. My husband has lost 15 pounds in just two months and I have lost 7 pounds and my meals are better and tastier. We never feel deprived. The author talks a lot about her mother's homemade soups, and that reminded me of just how good they can be. Since reading this book I've dug out old recipes and discovered others in mostly unused sections of my cookbook collection and have made soup at least once a week. It's true, as she states, that if you're eating truly good tasting food, you don't need to eat so much to feel satisfied. I've always said that I've never had a bad meal in France, and now I know why.Book Review: disordered eating disguised as sophistication
Summary: 1 Stars
I will only eat the finest foods, and oh so daintily manage to put in my mouth no more than a few bites! My palate will not withstand any but the most pristine of consumables: the finest, freshest, purest of fruits, vegetables, grains, and wine, interspersed with only the tiniest amounts of meats, cheeses, and decadent desserts (which I dare not finish!). Rather than allow sub-standard food to cross my lips, I would prefer to eat nothing at all! And even what I do condescend to consume, I will eat with great concentration, awareness, and restraint. Oh, and whenever I find a free moment in my day, I will use it to walk, walk, walk!
In other words, I will have a raging, blatant eating disorder. Give me a break. I have a friend who eats like this and she had a heart attack at the age of 21. Don't tell me that French women don't get eating disorders, because I know that they do.
Book Review: misunderstood
Summary: 4 Stars
I feel that some people are taking this book too literally. This book, like any other diet book, is about changing some habits from unhealthy to healthy. And it promotes thinking about food in a different way, and using different ingredients than you normally would.
I used to go to the farmers market every Saturday and buy loads of healthy food, and then let it all go to waste because I was either too lazy or uninspired to do anything with it.
After reading this book I am planning my meals more, thinking about at least 3 different recipes I could use for one kind of fruit or vegetable when I buy them (to prevent waste), and balancing my meals better.
Sure, sometimes it can come off as condescending, but what diet book doesn't?
Instead of nitpicking maybe people should just get over their attitude and enjoy the book for what it's worth.
Book Review: French Women DO Get Fat
Summary: 2 Stars
I wish the author would have come out with a Veuve Cliquot diet instead. It would have been a lot more fun and equally effective. This regime supposedly is all about dragging your groceries here and there, eating better (and lots of really awful soup, some of which may act as a diuretic. The Beverly Hills diet calls for lots of fruit, but either way you end up spending a lot of time in the ladies room.)
Most French women smoke A LOT. A LOT. Most of France smokes a lot. That revs up one's metabolism and cuts hunger. I know of one really famous French model whose "secret" was an unlimited stash of thyroxin,which when taken in huge amounts, causes osteoporosis -- among other things.
There isn't anything different here. In the words of Rita Mae Brown, if you wrap a red bow around it ....
Book Review: Times Forgotten
Summary: 4 Stars
Will I lose weight? I don't know. However I am more aware of what is on my plate and how it is presented. I was reminded in this book of times past and of places that have seasons. Times when all produce wasn't available all year around. Now we no longer have the wonderful and sensual experience of waiting for seasonal foods. We waited with anticipation and then deeply appreciated every piece because it wasn't going to be available much longer...we savored...remembered the taste and looked forward to the next seasons produce. Now it is all there all the time... too much! too often! I now take time to enjoy, think about flavors and combinations...and I am more selective. Even trying different things. Thank you Mireille Guilliano for such reminders.
Norma